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More questions raised after Serba Dinamik's lawsuit against special independent reviewer EY
by Adam Aziz
Source: theedgemarkets.com
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/ ... eviewer-ey
TA Securities Research ceased its coverage on the energy-service provider.
“We estimate Ebitda at RM660mil, which considers Ebitda in 2018 to 2019, and factors in queries raised by KPMG over the earnings quality from certain customers, including inventory and receivables”.
Its previous external auditor KPMG highlighted questionable transactions worth RM4.5bil.
Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd posted a net loss of RM42.11 million or 1.14 sen per share for its first quarter.
Revenue for the quarter was RM799.35 million, down 33.8% from RM1.21 billion in 4QFY21.
It has 12 months to regularise its financial condition, failing which it could be delisted from Bursa Malaysia.
Nexia SSY PLT said a number of factors had constrained its completion of the group’s audit, including the non-availability of the report on the independent review conducted by Ernst & Young Consulting Sdn Bhd (EY).
The unaudited financial statement showed a profit after tax of RM758.38 million, as compared to a loss after tax of RM185.37 million in the audited financial statement released on Thursday.
Serba Dinamik said the deviation was due to the impairment of trade receivables made by subsidiaries of the group amounting to RM395 million, which was underprovided during the release of the financial statement.
It added that the deviation was also due to an inventory write-down of RM552.6 million due to the disruption and termination of several projects undertaken by the group.
The Board of Directors of SDHB wishes to inform that all the relevant parties attended before the Court on 6 January 2022.
The Court fixed the hearing of the Company’s application to join Securities
Commission Malaysia and Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad as a party to the existing proceeding on 8 February 2022.
The Board of Directors of SDHB wishes to inform that all the relevant parties attended the hearing of the Originating Summons on 17 January 2022.
The Court has fixed the decision on 10 February 2022.
The Company will make further announcement as and when th ere are material developments on the above matter.
With some operations showing positive year-on-year improvement, particularly the information and communications technology (ICT) and education segments.
“The group has to bite the bullet to impair the trade receivables due to time constraints and travel restrictions in certain countries where the group is operating,” he said.
Other significant updates were the group's decision to submit its regularisation plan, including issues relating to debt restructuring and remaining competitive in the current business climate.
Challenged SC’s motive of pressing charges against a select few (two directors and two executives) but not the entire board.
Also Challenged the SC to provide documentation exhibiting:-
1. How RM6.01 billion in revenue was entered into the company's ledgers
2. How such entries were false statements and
3. Questioned how the FY20 revenue figure alone, in the announcement of the company's fourth-quarter results, could have been tampered with, noting that it was the cumulative revenue figure for the four quarters of the year.
Awang Daud sold 9.9 million Serba Dinamik shares, or a 0.267% stake, for 10 sen apiece in open market transactions.
On the back-of-envelope-calculation, this translates into RM990,400, when the transaction took place on May 13.
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